[nabs-l] cooking questions

[Sean Whalen]

Katie,

I find shopping online and having groceries delivered to be vastly superior
to the in-store experience.

Of course, if I just need a few things which I can carry home, it is more
economical to drop into the store and have somebody grab the things I need
for me, but here are the advantages, as I see them, of shopping for
groceries online:

1) You are able to see everything that is available. If you shop with an
assistant, you usually tell them what you want, and they help you find it.
When shopping online, you can find things which you want to buy that you may
have never even known existed. It is like being able to walk into a store
and actually browse their full selection. I found this quite liberating.

2) It takes far less time.

3) If you are buying more than you can carry, the cost of delivery is no
worse than the cost of the cab you would have to call to get your groceries
home.

4) Let's face it, many of the people who help us shop are clueless. Among
other stories, I have had a guy who didn't know what a grannie smith apple
was and I have come home to realize that my balsamic vinaigrette was a
bottle of balsamic vinegar. Sometimes close just isn't good enough!

5) For many products, at least with pea pod grocery delivery, you can view
nutritional information and ingrediants. It gets cumbersome to ask an
employee to read the sodium content of every product you consider
purchasing.

6) Often, they have costs of foods broken down by cost per ounce or cost per
unit. This makes price comparison very convenient.

If you need more reasons, I'll try to think of them, but it is the only way
I do major grocery shopping.

Take care,

Sean